Day 33 of 365...
Exodus 10-12
Key Passages/Thoughts:
Ex 10:3 - "So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, 'This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may worship Me.'"
Humility is defined as "the quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people." In these 3 chapters, we finish off hearing about the last 3 plagues (locusts, darkness and the death of the firstborn sons of the land). This verse brought me to my knees, and I was only 3 verses into the reading. The reason being is that I still struggle with humility in some areas of my life. It's weird the way my mind works sometimes. I feel as though most of my life reflects humility, however, there is still a piece of me that wants notoriety. I don't mean notoriety in the sense of being famous. I mean that I want people to appreciate and/or be aware of the things that I do. The question is why do I want that kind of recognition? Well, honestly, it goes back to my acceptance issues as a kid. My desire to be accepted led to many years of being a fake, superficial, empty soul who would be anything for anyone. Thankfully, God mended most of those wounds, but the scars are still there as a reminder of what once was. There are still some wounds that haven't healed yet, though. It is because of these wounds that I still have this desire to be recognized.
Pharaoh had an obvious problem with humility. He considered himself to be above everyone, even God. It took 10 plagues, which included the death of his firstborn son, for Pharaoh to hit his knees. Even then, he was still to proud to stay there. I think one of the keys to being humble is that once you've been brought to your knees (or fall to your knees on your own), you need to remain there. It's a lot easier to voluntarily fall to your knees in humility as opposed to being forced there through your circumstances. Humility is a hard lesson to learn sometimes, but it is in those teachable moments that God shows me how to rely on Him even more.
God, help me to humble myself daily and take up my cross. Give me the strength to do it of my own volition and not because I need to learn a lesson.
Ex 10:3 - "So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, 'This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may worship Me.'"
Humility is defined as "the quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people." In these 3 chapters, we finish off hearing about the last 3 plagues (locusts, darkness and the death of the firstborn sons of the land). This verse brought me to my knees, and I was only 3 verses into the reading. The reason being is that I still struggle with humility in some areas of my life. It's weird the way my mind works sometimes. I feel as though most of my life reflects humility, however, there is still a piece of me that wants notoriety. I don't mean notoriety in the sense of being famous. I mean that I want people to appreciate and/or be aware of the things that I do. The question is why do I want that kind of recognition? Well, honestly, it goes back to my acceptance issues as a kid. My desire to be accepted led to many years of being a fake, superficial, empty soul who would be anything for anyone. Thankfully, God mended most of those wounds, but the scars are still there as a reminder of what once was. There are still some wounds that haven't healed yet, though. It is because of these wounds that I still have this desire to be recognized.
Pharaoh had an obvious problem with humility. He considered himself to be above everyone, even God. It took 10 plagues, which included the death of his firstborn son, for Pharaoh to hit his knees. Even then, he was still to proud to stay there. I think one of the keys to being humble is that once you've been brought to your knees (or fall to your knees on your own), you need to remain there. It's a lot easier to voluntarily fall to your knees in humility as opposed to being forced there through your circumstances. Humility is a hard lesson to learn sometimes, but it is in those teachable moments that God shows me how to rely on Him even more.
God, help me to humble myself daily and take up my cross. Give me the strength to do it of my own volition and not because I need to learn a lesson.
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